A | This mineral is Anthropogenic. |
G | This mineral is directly dated. |
B | This mineral is reported as having this age. |
Y | This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period. |
O | This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality. |
R | The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality. |
P | The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children. |
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded. |
Mineral name | Structural Groups | IMA Formula | Max Age (Ma) | Min Age (Ma) | # of Sublocalities containing mineral | LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids | # of localities containing mineral |
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Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 3 | 109760,109776,109777 | 3419 | ||
Adamite (*) | Andalusite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 109773 | 254 | ||
Aeschynite-(Y) (*) | Aeschynite | (Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 | 1 | 109700 | 141 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 6 | 109700,109732,109751,109754,109761,109763 | 8803 | ||
Alluaudite (*) | Alluaudite | NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3 | 1 | 109700 | 94 | ||
Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 3 | 109700,109708,109763 | 2353 | ||
Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 3 | 109700,109705,109767 | 1310 | ||
Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 3 | 109751,109758,109773 | 2734 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 4 | 109751,109758,109791,109792 | 3092 | ||
Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 3 | 109747,109773,109786 | 3250 | ||
Arrojadite-(KFe) (*) | Arrojadite | (KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2 | 1 | 109700 | 50 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 11 | 109726,109770,109773,109777,109780,109786,109788,109789,109790,109791,109792 | 9052 | ||
Asbolane (*) | Not in a structural group | Mn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O | 1 | 109773 | 143 | ||
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 5 | 109728,109729,109730,109732,109737 | 2060 | ||
Autunite (*) | Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O | 1 | 109700 | 1272 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 4 | 109739,109751,109773,109787 | 5509 | ||
Bariopharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O | 1 | 109773 | 150 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 11 | 109712,109718,109720,109726,109751,109758,109767,109773,109794,109799,109800 | 11547 | ||
Bayldonite (*) | None | Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 | 1 | 109773 | 172 | ||
Berlinite (*) | Quartz | Al(PO4) | 1 | 109700 | 28 | ||
Berthierite (*) | Berthierite | FeSb2S4 | 2 | 109770,109789 | 343 | ||
Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 1 | 109700 | 4286 | ||
Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 1 | 109770 | 450 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 1 | 109785 | 1966 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 5 | 109726,109777,109785,109787,109792 | 1935 | ||
Bixbyite (*) | Bixbyite | Mn3+2O3 | 1 | 109787 | 104 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1 | 109773 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 1 | 109773 | 1089 | ||
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 2 | 109767,109773 | 1633 | ||
Brucite (*) | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 | 2 | 109777,109785 | 462 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 22 | 109702,109703,109706,109718,109720,109722,109726,109747,109751,109758,109760,109767,109770,109773,109776,109777,109779,109780,109785,109786,109799,109800 | 27770 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 1 | 109700 | 5171 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 5 | 109712,109751,109758,109767,109773 | 4979 | ||
Cervantite (*) | None | Sb3+Sb5+O4 | 2 | 109770,109787 | 352 | ||
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1 | 109773 | 925 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 3 | 109751,109770,109773 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 16 | 109726,109742,109751,109758,109760,109767,109770,109773,109776,109777,109787,109788,109791,109792,109799,109800 | 27198 | ||
Chamosite (*) | Chlorite Clay | (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 | 1 | 109755 | 577 | ||
Chrysoberyl (*) | Olivine | BeAl2O4 | 1 | 109700 | 321 | ||
Chrysotile (*) | Serpentine Clay | Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 109777 | 951 | ||
Claraite (*) | None | (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O | 1 | 109773 | 40 | ||
Clinochlore (*) | Chlorite Clay | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 2 | 109706,109722 | 1756 | ||
Clinozoisite (*) | Clinozoisite Epidote | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 4 | 109776,109777,109785,109795 | 1025 | ||
Cobaltkoritnigite (*) | Koritnigite | Co(AsO3OH)·H2O | 1 | 109773 | 32 | ||
Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 1 | 109773 | 295 | ||
Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 2 | 109700,109711 | 1008 | ||
Coronadite (*) | Coronadite | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 109767 | 227 | ||
Cosalite (*) | None | Pb2Bi2S5 | 1 | 109787 | 344 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1 | 109773 | 4165 | ||
Crednerite (*) | None | CuMnO2 | 1 | 109773 | 35 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 109773 | 2970 | ||
Devilline (*) | Devilline | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 109773 | 366 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 2 | 109700,109777 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 7 | 109726,109751,109758,109773,109777,109779,109785 | 9895 | ||
Dravite (*) | Tourmaline | NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1 | 109700 | 648 | ||
Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 109773 | 220 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 3 | 109763,109777,109785 | 8173 | ||
Epsomite (*) | Epsomite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 109773 | 484 | ||
Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1 | 109773 | 814 | ||
Euclase (*) | None | BeAlSiO4(OH) | 1 | 109700 | 120 | ||
Ferrisicklerite (*) | Olivine | Li1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4) | 1 | 109700 | 108 | ||
Fillowite (*) | Fillowite | Na3CaMn2+11(PO4)9 | 1 | 109700 | 14 | ||
Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 1 | 109700 | 2740 | ||
Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 9 | 109700,109712,109742,109751,109758,109765,109767,109799,109800 | 9617 | ||
Forsterite (*) | Olivine | Mg2(SiO4) | 1 | 109728 | 1188 | ||
Gahnite (*) | Spinel | ZnAl2O4 | 1 | 109700 | 445 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 10 | 109712,109726,109742,109751,109758,109767,109773,109788,109792,109799 | 24243 | ||
Gearksutite (*) | None | CaAlF4(OH)·H2O | 1 | 109767 | 68 | ||
Gedrite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 109700 | 178 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 14 | 109706,109718,109720,109742,109751,109758,109760,109765,109767,109770,109773,109785,109786,109787 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 2 | 109788,109792 | 30554 | ||
Graftonite (*) | Graftonite | Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 | 1 | 109700 | 107 | ||
Graphite (*) | None | C | 3 | 109700,109706,109777 | 2812 | ||
Greenalite (*) | Clay Serpentine | (Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 109722 | 61 | ||
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 2 | 109751,109758 | 717 | ||
Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 109785 | 1544 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 5 | 109715,109722,109751,109773,109786 | 6890 | ||
Haüyne (*) | Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite | Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) | 2 | 109729,109732 | 158 | ||
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 1 | 109760 | 741 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 15 | 109700,109701,109702,109718,109720,109751,109760,109770,109773,109777,109785,109787,109791,109794,109802 | 14640 | ||
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 109773 | 1689 | ||
Heterosite (*) | Olivine | Fe3+(PO4) | 1 | 109700 | 204 | ||
Hollandite (*) | Coronadite | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 1 | 109747 | 243 | ||
Hurlbutite (*) | Danburite | CaBe2(PO4)2 | 1 | 109700 | 14 | ||
Hydroxylherderite (*) | Gadolinite | CaBe(PO4)(OH) | 1 | 109700 | 119 | ||
Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1 | 109773 | 1066 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1 | 109700 | 5433 | ||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 2 | 109787,109789 | 784 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 109773 | 2228 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 3 | 109751,109756,109758 | 5591 | ||
Kermesite (*) | None | Sb2OS2 | 1 | 109770 | 230 | ||
Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 1 | 109700 | 1507 | ||
Langite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | 1 | 109773 | 593 | ||
Lazulite (*) | Lazulite | MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 | 1 | 109700 | 232 | ||
Leogangite (*) | None | Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8H2O | 1 | 109773 | 15 | ||
Linarite (*) | Linarite | CuPb(SO4)(OH)2 | 1 | 109773 | 987 | ||
Maghemite (*) | Spinel | (Fe3+0.67 0.33)Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 109760 | 229 | ||
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 1 | 109758 | 1487 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 3 | 109729,109760,109785 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 8 | 109739,109751,109758,109760,109770,109773,109787,109799 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 4 | 109751,109770,109773,109789 | 5674 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 109770 | 915 | ||
Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 5 | 109700,109706,109747,109754,109763 | 4924 | ||
Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 109773 | 1107 | ||
Mitridatite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 109700 | 129 | ||
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 6 | 109701,109776,109777,109780,109785,109797 | 5800 | ||
Montebrasite (*) | None | LiAl(PO4)(OH) | 1 | 109700 | 200 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 10 | 109700,109706,109726,109751,109754,109756,109763,109765,109777,109799 | 17380 | ||
Natrojarosite (*) | Alunite | NaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 109773 | 254 | ||
Natrolite (*) | Natrolite | Na2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O | 1 | 109729 | 1236 | ||
Nontronite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Na0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 5 | 109702,109744,109747,109754,109763 | 471 | ||
Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 109773 | 492 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 5 | 109702,109744,109747,109751,109763 | 2994 | ||
Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 4 | 109700,109761,109795,109799 | 2349 | ||
Orthoserpierite (*) | None | CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 109773 | 40 | ||
Oxyplumboroméite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb2O7 | 1 | 109773 | 33 | ||
Pharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O | 1 | 109773 | 428 | ||
Phenakite (*) | Phenakite | Be2(SiO4) | 1 | 109700 | 326 | ||
Phosphohedyphane (*) | Apatite | Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl | 1 | 109712 | 71 | ||
Posnjakite (*) | None | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O | 1 | 109773 | 309 | ||
Powellite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(MoO4) | 2 | 109777,109785 | 494 | ||
Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 109777 | 1898 | ||
Purpurite (*) | Olivine | Mn3+(PO4) | 1 | 109700 | 80 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 23 | 109702,109706,109718,109720,109722,109726,109742,109751,109758,109760,109767,109770,109773,109776,109777,109779,109785,109786,109788,109789,109791,109792,109800 | 39462 | ||
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 2 | 109751,109758 | 3106 | ||
Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 3 | 109712,109751,109767 | 1725 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 5 | 109751,109760,109777,109787,109792 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 35 | 109700,109701,109705,109706,109711,109712,109715,109718,109720,109722,109726,109747,109751,109754,109756,109758,109760,109761,109763,109765,109767,109770,109773,109776,109777,109785,109788,109789,109790,109791,109792,109794,109795,109797,109799 | 61156 | ||
Robinsonite (*) | None | Pb4Sb6S13 | 1 | 109787 | 39 | ||
Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 1 | 109773 | 454 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 1 | 109700 | 5614 | ||
Sanidine (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 3 | 109728,109729,109732 | 598 | ||
Sarcopside (*) | None | Fe2+3(PO4)2 | 1 | 109700 | 58 | ||
Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 3 | 109777,109785,109792 | 4894 | ||
Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 2 | 109700,109777 | 2705 | ||
Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 3 | 109770,109773,109787 | 1153 | ||
Scorzalite (*) | Lazulite | Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 | 1 | 109700 | 60 | ||
Serpierite (*) | Devilline | Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O | 1 | 109773 | 292 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 11 | 109702,109722,109758,109760,109770,109777,109780,109788,109789,109791,109792 | 6417 | ||
Sillimanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2SiO5 | 1 | 109700 | 1516 | ||
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 2 | 109773,109777 | 2473 | ||
Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1 | 109763 | 1214 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 10 | 109722,109726,109751,109758,109760,109773,109777,109785,109789,109792 | 21482 | ||
Stibiconite (*) | Pyrochlore | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) | 1 | 109770 | 446 | ||
Stibnite (*) | Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 4 | 109742,109770,109773,109789 | 3418 | ||
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 3 | 109703,109706,109786 | 3337 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 1 | 109773 | 1803 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 109770 | 1101 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 3 | 109773,109788,109792 | 5317 | ||
Theisite (*) | None | Cu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14 | 1 | 109773 | 58 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 1 | 109732 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 4 | 109760,109777,109779,109786 | 2562 | ||
Tridymite (*) | Tridymite | SiO2 | 1 | 109735 | 458 | ||
Triphylite (*) | Olivine | LiFe2+(PO4) | 1 | 109700 | 313 | ||
Trolleite (*) | None | Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 | 1 | 109700 | 16 | ||
Tyrolite (*) | Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O | 1 | 109773 | 245 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 1 | 109700 | 2718 | ||
Valentinite (*) | None | Sb2O3 | 2 | 109770,109787 | 369 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 1 | 109797 | 652 | ||
Vesuvianite (*) | Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | 2 | 109776,109777 | 1395 | ||
Wagnerite (*) | Wagnerite | Mg2(PO4)F | 1 | 109700 | 61 | ||
Wolfeite (*) | Wagnerite | Fe2+2(PO4)(OH) | 1 | 109700 | 43 | ||
Wulfenite (*) | Scheelite | PbMoO4 | 1 | 109767 | 1655 | ||
Wyllieite (*) | None | NaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)3 | 1 | 109700 | 17 | ||
Zincolivenite (*) | Andalusite | CuZn(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 109773 | 60 | ||
Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1 | 109700 | 5251 |
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